The risk of getting cancer is 25% higher

Against all odds, the midnight snack is a fairly common habit. In fact, we usually see it in movies, when the protagonist gets up in the middle of the night to rummage through the fridge with only the light of the lighted device. In reality, too many Italians abandon themselves to night hunger and allow a snack before going to bed. Behind this need, there is a very specific mechanism that begins at 8 pm, when everyone starts to dine, but according to recent studies of IsGlobal such a custom can cause serious damage to Human Health

The Mechanism of Midnight Snack

Some people stay awake late at night to work, some because they want to watch episodes and episodes of television series and movies. others who get up because he wants to make a midnight snack ; there are many hypotheses in which nocturnal languorino can occur and this is due to a specific mechanism that is activated in the evening.

According to what was revealed by "the Atlantic", the human body began to feel the need to ingest foods with a high content of fats sugars and oils. At the same time, the desire to consume vegetables, salad and other healthier foods drops dramatically until reaching the lowest peak at 8 in the morning. For this reason, midnight snacks generally include the consumption of junk food as snacks, snacks, ice cream and popcorn.

IsGlobal's research on midnight snacks

Recently, IsGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health) conducted a midnight snack study and the results set out evidence of a health hazard that should not be underestimated [VIDEO]. The Institute initially selected a sample of 1800 Spaniards, who were diagnosed with bad or prostate cancer ; In addition, he asked 2,000 other people, who have never had cancer, to participate in the research.

Researchers began to examine their eating habits and sleep patterns. At the end of the badysis, Kogevinas' Manolis, the lead author of the research then published in the International Journal of Cancer, explained what they deduced: "The" Adherence to diurnal dietary patterns is badociated with a lower risk of cancer, "he says, baderting at the same time that midnight snack can affect the appearance of tumors.

Midnight Snack and Cancer

What is discovered by IsGlobal highlights a risk that could fall on many people accustomed to eating something just before going to sleep. In fact, Barcelona researchers have deduced that if you usually eat the midnight snack, or in general from 9 pm on the risk of contracting the cancer would increase by 25%: the organs to be more affected in this case would be the chest for women, and the prostate for men. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to claim that night work, which would create a potentially dangerous alteration [VIDEO] of the biological clock would have the greatest influence on statistics. . In this regard, Dora Romaguera, a member of ISGlobal's research team, said: "Everything seems to indicate that sleep times affect our ability to metabolize food," adding that others studies will be necessary to be able to badert it. with certainty